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Rural access and telecentres

Last updated on 27 June 2008

Output-based aid in Mongolia : expanding telecommunications services to rural areas

This publication looks at two pilot projects which are bringing phone service to remote herder communities, both mobile phone and Internet services to rural villages in Mongolia. (World Bank: Feb 2008) More info >>

Rethinking telecentre sustainability: how to implement a social enterprise approach

This article examines telecentre sustainability using experiences from India and Africa to review three telecentre sustainability models. (ICT for Development: 2006) More info >>

SMS helped check bird flu in Orissa

This report looks at how sms has been used in India for monitoring the spread of avian flu and tracking the health of livestock and breeding services in Orissa, India. (ICT for Development: 2008) More info >>

Telecentre sustainability: financing ICTs for the poor

This brief examines ways to ensure the sustainability of telecentres in developing countries, with a focus on different models of financing and ownership.  (Asia Pacific Development Information Program: 2007) More info >>

Exploring the ICT and rural poverty reduction link: community telecenters in China

The paper examines the conditions and factors that motivate rural communities to use telecenter facilities, based on a case study of telecenters in rural China. (Electronic Journal on Information Systems in Developing Countries: 2008) More info >>

Climate, communications & innovative technologies: radio & internet linkages in rural African communities

This case study describes how an ICT initiative in Africa is helping rural communities better respond to climatic events. More info >>

Rural development and ICT case study: Solomon Islands

This report examines the impact of the internet on lives of grass-roots people in Solomon Islands. (The University of the South Pacific: 2005) More info >>

ICTs for agricultural livelihoods

This document explores the opportunities of employing ICTs and their contribution to reaching the Millennium Development Goals. (IICD: July 2006) More info >>

Taking ICT to every Indian village: opportunities and challenges

This paper reveals the social, economic and cultural consequences of taking ICTs to Indian villages through a holistic development approach. (Digital Opportunity Channel: 2006) More info >>

Connecting island communities: a regional approach to supporting the telecentre movement in the Pacific

This article describes the plans and efforts of telecentre stakeholders in the Pacific region to establish PacTOC - the Pacific Online Telecentre Community. (The foundation for development cooperation) More info >>

ICT4D: an integrated approach for village communities

This paper reviews the needs of villages in the North-East of Sri Lanka, the way in which ICT can assist, and the current state of play for ICT4D as it applies to village communities. (Partners in Micro-development Inc: May 2005) More info >>

Telecentre handbook

This manual aims to bring together ideas and approaches to help communities that wish to establish a telecentre. (Cornell University: 2002) More info >>

ICTs, e-learning & simulations: bringing knowledge-intensive management to Asian agriculture

This paper looks at how ICTs can be used to deliver knowledge-intensive management skills to agricultural professionals through e-learning. (Asia Pacific Regional Technology Centre: May 2002) More info >>

Making e-Learning work in the Asia Pacific: lessons learned

This paper shows how e-learning can help improve agricultural education, and how the Asian culture needs to be considered when structuring and delivering online courses. (Asia Pacific Regional Technology Centre: 2001) More info >>

Information and Communication Technology in rural development

The case studies in this volume spell out various applications of ICT that have made a difference in the delivery of services or products in rural areas in India. (World Bank: 2000) More info >>

OrphanIT

A jobs & outsourcing service for ICT, IT graduates of telecentres in developing countries. (OrphanIT) More info >>


 

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